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Horns celebrate athletes of the year

trevor.kenney — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:11:37 +0000

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorn Athletics hosted its annual Blue and Gold Banquet, Friday, Mar. 30, to honour the outstanding athletes in athletic performance and academic achievement.

Over 260 athletes, administrators, and special guests were in attendance for the supper and awards ceremony, with former Pronghorn Daryl Moore serving as guest speaker.

The Award winners are as follows:

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

In only her second season as a Pronghorn, Crystal Patterson led her team to heights that have never been seen by the program. She built off a solid freshman year to become one of the premier goaltenders in Canada West this and was named a Canada West First Team All-Star for her efforts.

The Calgary native backstopped the Pronghorns women's hockey team to its best season in school history and was in goal for all 14 of her team's wins; second most of any goalie in the conference. She also led the conference in minutes played, saves and shutouts, with six. The six shutouts were the third most in a single season in Canada West history. Patterson was also ranked fourth in goals-against-average with a 2.01 GAA and her 0.928 save percentage was third best in Canada West.

MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

In a rarity this year, there are co-male athletes of the year as Jeff Nicol and Ryan Thornley went hand-in-hand this season as they led their team to its best finish at the conference championship in 12 years.

The Horns men's swim team hadn't finished among the top four in the conference team standings since 2000 and both Nicol and Thornley were integral parts of the relay teams that earned valuable team points.

At the conference meet, Nicol led the way with three medals, earning a silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke and two bronze medals in the 50- and 100-metre breaststroke.

Thornley led the way at the CIS Championships, earning the 'Horns top finish and setting a new school record in the process. Thornley finished sixth in the 50-metre fly and broke an eight-year-old school record.

Both represented the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ at the Canadian Olympic trials this past weekend, with Nicol qualifying for the 'A' final in the 200-metre breaststroke, finishing eighth.

Other major award winners included:

PRESIDENT'S AWARD

For the second time in her Pronghorns' career, Megan Bach of the women's hockey program received the President's Award, given to the student athlete with the highest academic standing at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. Bach achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA, while balancing her large commitment to the team.

TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD - Presented to the team with the highest academic standing.

The women's swim team received the team Academic award with a combined GPA of 3.16

Team MVPs (as voted by team members)

Men's Soccer – Colin Pattison
Women's Soccer – Sherry Latrace
Men's Hockey – Dustin Moore
Women's Hockey – Crystal Patterson
Men's Basketball – Dominyc Coward
Women's Basketball – Lauren Taal
Men's Track – Kyle Murray
Women's Track – Christina Juert
Women's Rugby – Kayla Moleschi

Courtney, Steacy earn top honours

trevor.kenney — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:40:54 +0000

Pronghorns Athletics celebrated with its annual Blue and Gold Awards Banquet recently, announcing its Male and Female Athletes of the Year, President's Award winner, Team Academic Award, as well as the respective most valuable players for each program.

Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Courtney (men's hockey)

Over his five seasons with the Pronghorns, Andrew Courtney not only excelled on the ice, but he was active in the community, embracing the true spirit of what it means to be a Pronghorns athlete.

He was known throughout the program as the first to support other Horns teams and is actively involved in the local community with the Boys and Girls Club. Courtney also planned and executed the highly successful Movember campaign that raised over $10,000 for prostate cancer research.

On the ice, Courtney returned from a serious knee injury to finish fourth in the conference in goal scoring, leading the Horns with 14 goals. He was also 13th in the Canada West in total scoring with 23 points, despite missing all of the pre-season and the first two weeks of conference action.

Courtney finished his Pronghorn career with 43 goals and 26 assists in 97 conference games.

Female Athlete of the Year
Heather Steacy (women's track)

Throughout her Pronghorns career, Heather Steacy has become synonymous with outstanding performances. This past season she raised her performance to an unprecedented level.

Steacy opened the season by reaching a monumental mark, becoming the first woman in Canadian Interuniversity Sport history to eclipse the 20-metre mark in the weight throw with a toss of 20.28 metres at the Bison Open in Winnipeg. She followed that performance with her fourth Canada West gold medal victory, setting a new conference record of 19.82 metres in the process. Steacy was also recognized with the Outstanding Female Performance of the Meet.

Steacy completed her season by then winning silver at the CIS Championship meet in Sherbrooke, Que., her fourth medal in as many trips to the national meet.

President's Award

Emily Brown of the women's track & field team earned the President's Award, which rewards the student athlete with the highest academic standing at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. Brown achieved a GPA of 3.92, while balancing her academic and athletic commitments.

Team Academic Award

The Horns women's basketball team received the Team Academic Award for accumulating a combined GPA of 3.32.

Following are team most valuable players, as voted by their fellow team members.

Men's Soccer – Steve Brown
Women's Soccer – Kathy Curtis
Men's Hockey – Winston Day Chief and Andrew Courtney
Women's Hockey – Shelby Ballendine
Men's Basketball – Randy Davis
Women's Basketball – Becky Heninger
Men's Track – Kyle Murray
Women's Track – Heather Steacy
Women's Rugby – Kelsey Willoughby
Men's Swimming – Jeff Nicol
Women's Swimming – Jessica Kelly

This story first appeared in the Legend. For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Horns hand out year-end hardware

trevor.kenney — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:55:51 +0000

Male Athlete of the Year
Andrew Courtney (men's hockey)

Over his five seasons with the Pronghorns, Andrew Courtney not only excelled on the ice, but he was active in the community, embracing the true spirit of what it means to be a Pronghorns athlete.

Courtney finished his Pronghorn career with 43 goals and 26 assists in 97 conference games.

Female Athlete of the Year
Heather Steacy (women's track)

Throughout her Pronghorns career, Heather Steacy has become synonymous with outstanding performances. This past season she raised her performance to an unprecedented level.

Steacy completed her season by then winning silver at the CIS Championship meet in Sherbrooke, Que., her fourth medal in as many trips to the national meet.

President's Award

The Horns women's basketball team received the Team Academic Award for accumulating a combined GPA of 3.32.

Following are team most valuable players, as voted by their fellow team members.

For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Steacy and Murray named athletes of the week

trevor.kenney — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:17:55 +0000

Track and field medalists Heather Steacy and Kyle Murray were named Pronghorns Female and Male Atletes of the Week respectively Wednesday after their efforts at the Canada West Track and Field Championships.

Steacy, a fourth-year thrower, continued her strong 2011 indoor season as she reclaimed her Canada West weight throw title. Two weeks removed from becoming the first CIS woman to break the 20-metre barrier, Steacy won her fourth Canada West gold medal in the weight throw after taking last season off from indoor competition.

The only other medal winner for the Pronghorns at the Canada West Championships was Murray. He had another strong showing after winning gold at the Bison Open two weeks previous, this time claiming a silver medal in the 300 metres.

Both Steacy and Murray head to Sherbrooke, Que. next week to compete in the CIS Championships.

Steacy golden, Murray wins silver

trevor.kenney — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:39:17 +0000

Heather Steacy lived up to the hype and easily won her fourth Canada West gold medal in weight throw, while Kyle Murray claimed silver in the 300m sprint as the duo competed in the Canada West Track and Field Championship meet this past weekend.

Steacy set a new Canada West record in weight throw, tossing 19.89 metres to easily surpass the 19.02m mark established by former Pronghorns thrower, Kate Forbes, six years previous. In fact, Steacy bettered 19.02m on every one of her qualifying throws. For her efforts, she was named Outstanding Female Performance and a Canada West first-team all-star.

Murray blazed to a time of 34.68 seconds and won silver in the 300-metre race. He earned a second team all-star nod and will join Steacy in Sherbrooke, Que., Mar. 10-12 at the CIS Track and Field Championship meet.

Meanwhile, the Horns swim team sent eight members to the CIS Championship meet in Calgary this past weekend and had a number of solid performances.

Jessica Kelly led the way for the Horns as she qualified for finals and scored points in all of her four events, highlighted by a sixth-place finish in the 100-metre butterfly event. Kelly also won two 'B' finals, finishing ninth overall in both, while her time in the 100m backstroke 'B' final would have placed her sixth in the 'A' final. Kelly also set four new school records, breaking her own mark in the 100m fly, and setting new records in the 50- and 100-metre backstroke, as well as the 100-metre freestyl e.

On the men's side, Ryan Thornley was the lone individual male to score points with a 10th place finish in the 50-metre butterfly. Thornley also set a new school record in the 50-metre backstroke.

Steacy breaks through 20-metre barrier

trevor.kenney — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:34:08 +0000

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns thrower Heather Steacy has returned to the Canada West stage with a vengeance.

Two weeks after setting a new personal best mark in the weight throw, Steacy reached another level this past weekend at the Bison Classic in Winnipeg, becoming the first CIS woman ever to throw over 20 metres.

Steacy had set a new personal best at the Golden Bear Open in Edmonton, hitting 19.24m. In Winnipeg she would top 20 metres twice and shatter her own personal best by reaching 20.28m. In addition to becoming the first CIS woman to eclipse the 20-metre mark, she also set a new Alberta provincial record.

Former Pronghorns thrower, Kate Forbes, held the previous best throw in CIS history at 19.66m, set at the 2005 CIS Championships, also at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Manitoba.

In her first three seasons of eligibility Steacy has medaled in all three Canada West and CIS Championship meets, winning three conference titles and two CIS gold medals. Steacy took last season off from indoor competition to focus on the hammer throw.

Meanwhile, Kyle Murray shot up the Canada West rankings in the men's 300-metre event. With a time of 35.24 seconds, Murray claimed gold at the Bison Classic and heads into the Canada West Championships ranked first in the conference.

Steacy, Murray and the rest of the Horns track team will travel back to Winnipeg for the Canada West Championships, Feb. 25-26. The CIS Championships will be held Mar. 10–12 in Sherbrooke, Que.

Pronghorns celebrate 30 Academic All-Canadians

trevor.kenney — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:11:11 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge is proud to congratulate the 30 student-athletes who have been recognized as Academic All-Canadians. Athletes need to maintain an 80 per cent average in ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ to earn the All-Canadian honour.

Following is a list of Pronghorns who excelled both athletically and academically throughout the 2009-2010 year.

Men's Basketball
Derek Waldner, Arts& Science, DeWinton, AB

Men's Hockey
Curtis Cooper, Arts& Science, Kamloops, B.C.
Logan Lavorato, Management, Lethbridge, Alta.

Men's Soccer
Brett Silbernagel, Arts& Science, Crossfield, Alta.

Men's Swimming
James Carmichael, Arts& Science, Victoria, B.C.

Men's Track & Field
Brett Bromley, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Kevin Chubb, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.
Darren Jones, Education, Drumheller, Alta.
Stephen Leonhardt, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Kyle Murray, Fine Arts, Coaldale, Alta.

Women's Basketball
Courtney Heinricks, Arts& Science, Dunmore, Alta.
Kara Henry, Fine Arts, Calgary, Alta.

Women's Hockey
Megan Bach, Arts& Science, Champion, Alta.
Kayla Hopkins, Health Sciences, Outlook, Sask.
Kailey McMaster, Arts& Science, Kenora , Ont.
Jasmin Teske, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.

Women's Rugby
Ashley MacDonald, Arts& Science, Corran Ban, P.E.I.
Jena Murray, Fine Arts, Lomond, Alta.
Amanda Richardson, Management, Olds, Alta.
Nicole Van Eck, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.
Ashley Zaremba, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.

Women's Soccer
Sarah Lajeunesse, Management, Lethbridge, Alta.
Samantha McMillan, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Amy Schweitzer, Health Sciences, Lethbridge, Alta.
Erika Sollid, Arts& Science, Saskatoon, Sask.
Jessica Volpi, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Elizabeth Young, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.

Women's Swimming
Sarah Gagnon, Arts& Science, Fort McMurray, Alta.

Women's Track & Field
Emily Brown, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.
Alexandria Thomas, Arts& Science, Warner, Alta.

This story appeared originally in the November issue of the Legend. For a look at the full issue of the November Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Pronghorns celebrate 30 All-Canadians

trevor.kenney — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:32:48 +0000

Following is a list of Pronghorns who excelled both athletically and academically throughout the 2009-2010 year.

Men's Basketball
Derek Waldner, Arts& Science, DeWinton, AB

Men's Hockey
Curtis Cooper, Arts& Science, Kamloops, B.C.
Logan Lavorato, Management, Lethbridge, Alta.

Men's Soccer
Brett Silbernagel, Arts& Science, Crossfield, Alta.

Men's Swimming
James Carmichael, Arts& Science, Victoria, B.C.

Men's Track & Field
Brett Bromley, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Kevin Chubb, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.
Darren Jones, Education, Drumheller, Alta.
Stephen Leonhardt, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Kyle Murray, Fine Arts, Coaldale, Alta.

Women's Basketball
Courtney Heinricks, Arts& Science, Dunmore, Alta.
Kara Henry, Fine Arts, Calgary, Alta.

Women's Hockey
Megan Bach, Arts& Science, Champion, Alta.
Kayla Hopkins, Health Sciences, Outlook, Sask.
Kailey McMaster, Arts& Science, Kenora , Ont.
Jasmin Teske, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.

Women's Rugby
Ashley MacDonald, Arts& Science, Corran Ban, P.E.I.
Jena Murray, Fine Arts, Lomond, Alta.
Amanda Richardson, Management, Olds, Alta.
Nicole Van Eck, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.
Ashley Zaremba, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.

Women's Soccer
Sarah Lajeunesse, Management, Lethbridge, Alta.
Samantha McMillan, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Amy Schweitzer, Health Sciences, Lethbridge, Alta.
Erika Sollid, Arts& Science, Saskatoon, Sask.
Jessica Volpi, Arts& Science, Calgary, Alta.
Elizabeth Young, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.

Women's Swimming
Sarah Gagnon, Arts& Science, Fort McMurray, Alta.

Women's Track & Field
Emily Brown, Arts& Science, Lethbridge, Alta.
Alexandria Thomas, Arts& Science, Warner, Alta.

For a look at the full issue of the November Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Bowles, Patzer named top Horns athletes

trevor.kenney — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:06:31 +0000

Scott Bowles did his work on the defensive end while Ashley Patzer was at her best leading offensive forays, but the one thing they had in common was their ability to lead. The duo took home honours as Pronghorn Male and Female Athletes of the Year respectively, celebrating with more than 330 athletes, administrators and special guests at the recently held Pronghorn Athletics Blue and Gold Banquet.

Bowles, in his third year as the Horns men's hockey team goaltender, was at his best in the second half of the season as the Horns made an impressive playoff charge, eventually falling just two points shy of reaching the post-season.

Bowles was named a second team Canada West all-star after leading the conference in saves and most shots faced and placing second in victories.

Patzer, competing in her final season of eligibility, went out with a bang, leading the Pronghorns to their third straight Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national title while earning CIS player of the year, all-Canadian and CIS tournament all-star honours.

The Horns went undefeated throughout the year and Patzer led the charge, scoring 75 points in the 10 U of L victories. It is Patzer's second straight female athlete of the year award.

Other major award winners included:

President's Award (highest academic standing)
Kathy Curtis, women's soccer (4.00 GPA)

Team Academic Award
Pronghorns men's track team (3.32 combined GPA)

Team MVPs

Men's soccer – Mike O'Brien, Matt Medoruma

Women's soccer – Ashley Cowan

Men's hockey – Scott Bowles, Dustin Moore

Women's hockey – Kailey McMaster, Kendal Tremblay

Men's basketball – Jeff Price

Women's basketball – Lauren Taal, Stephanie Price

Men's track – Kyle Murray

Women's track – Ashlee Deschamps

Women's rugby – Ashley Patzer

Taal, Murray named athletes of week

trevor.kenney — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:55:25 +0000

Women's basketball player Lauren Taal and men's track athlete Kyle Murray are the Subway Pronghorn Athletes of the Week after their strong efforts in weekend Canada West action.

Taal posted a career-best 34 points in helping the Horns gain a weekend split with Brandon ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Bobcats. She opened the two-game set with a 16-point effort as the Horns dropped a 65-60 decision to Brandon. The third-year guard then hit 12 of 20 shots, added eight free throws and chipped in five steals as she hit for 34 points in a 72-67 win on Sunday.

Taal's 34-point effort was the best single game output in Canada West this season and a school record for points in a conference game. The Horns, at 7-6 on the year, remain tied for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Prairie Division. They next host UBC Thunderbirds and Victoria Vikes, Friday and Saturday nights respectively, at the 1st Choice Savings Centre gym.

On the men's side, Kyle Murray kicked off the 2010 indoor track season in style, leading the way this past weekend for the Horns at the Golden Bear Invitational in Edmonton.

The third-year runner handily captured gold in the men's 300-metre run, posting a personal best time of 35.29 seconds.

Murray moved into first place in the Canada West seeding chart and second place in the cross-country CIS rankings. After narrowly missing the 2008 CIS Championships, Murray has now made it known he is ready to compete with the best in the country.

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